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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 2.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]- 1851 – The Staten Island Railway is incorporated.[1][2]
- 1870 – The Texas legislature approves the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT) charter, which was originally granted by Kansas, allowing the MKT to build into the state.
- 1873 – The first prototypes of the San Francisco cable car system are tested at the top of Nob Hill by Andrew Hallidie.
20th century
[edit]- 1932 – The first Soviet Class Ss electric locomotive is introduced for use on the Suramskiy crossing.
- 1980 – A bomb explodes in the waiting room at Bologna Centrale railway station in Italy killing 85 and injuring more than 200 others. See: Bologna massacre.
21st century
[edit]Births
[edit]- 1939 – John W. Snow, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CSX Transportation, then United States Secretary of the Treasury.
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pitanza, Marc (2015). Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail. Arcadia Pubishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2338-9.
- ^ Leigh, Irvin; Matus, Paul (January 2002). "Staten Island Rapid Transit: The Essential History". thethirdrail.net. The Third Rail Online. Retrieved 27 June 2015.